Ted H. Kim's Weblog

Tuesday January 18, 2005

German Games and GeekSpeak

Been quite a while since I posted ...

Personally, I enjoy two types of boardgames the most. One type is the historical board wargame, which usually simulates some battle or campaign. The other type is the so-called "German" or "Euro" boardgames. There isn't really a strict definition for such games. But to quote from the BoardGameGeek Game Glossary, a German game is:

A game from Germany. Such games typically have relatively simple rules, short playing times, fairly high levels of abstraction and player interaction, and attractive physical components. Games not from Germany that otherwise meet the criteria are occasionally included in this group...

Personally, the German games that I have been playing a lot of recently are Battle Line and San Juan. Maybe even some other Sun bloggers play these sorts of games too. However, the most famous game in this category is probably Settlers of Catan.

Anyway, all this leads up to mentioning GeekSpeak. GeekSpeak is an recorded audio interview show from BoardGameGeek about mostly German games. To me, it highlights yet another entertaining way websites can build community and effectively use the medium.

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